Picture hundreds of stone terraces curving around a mountain like a giant staircase. That is the view that waits for you at Pisac, at the…

Every train to Machu Picchu ends its run in a small town in a warm, green valley. Its name is Aguas Calientes, and it is…

The Incas called it the House of the Sun, and it stands just north of the main square of Cusco. Today we know it as…

Imagine a city built almost entirely of earth, so big that UNESCO calls it the largest in pre-Columbian America. That city is Chan Chan, next…

Ollantaytambo is where many Machu Picchu trips really begin. Trains leave from here. The Inca fortress sits above a living town. If you want an…

Pisac is 33 km from Cusco by paved road. Chinchero is just 30 km away. That is why a Sacred Valley day trip works so…

Your first day in Cusco can make or break the rest of the trip. The historic city sits high in the Andes, so your pace…

Some of the Nazca Lines are so big that you only see the whole shape from the air. A bird almost 300 metres long. A…

Your first ruin outside Cusco will ask for a ticket you can't buy online. That ticket is the Boleto Turístico del Cusco, known in English…

You can see sea lions, Humboldt penguins and seabirds on a two-hour boat ride from Paracas. The Ballestas Islands sit just off the coast of…